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WAGON FRAME FOR MOVING TOBACCO.

N0. 322,039. Patented July 14, 1885.

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LEWIS N. CASH, OF NEAR EDDYVILLE, KENTUCKY.

WAGON-FRAME FOR MOVING TOBACCO.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,039, dated July 14,1885.

Application filed February 12, 1885. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEWIS N. CASH, a citizen of the United States,residing near the town of Eddyville, in the county of Lyon and State ofKentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devicesfor Bemoving Tobacco; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to theletters and gures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention has relation to improvements in devices for removingtobacco and it consists in the peculiar construction and adaptation ofdevices, as will be hereinafter set forth and claimed.

The object of this invention is to provide a cheap, light, and durableframe to be used in connection with a set of supporting-wheels forremoving tobacco from the iield or plantation t0 the barn or store-room,and one which will not bruise the same while loading or unloading, theframe being so constructed as to dispense with the necessity ofemploying more than one person in the operation of loading.

The invention is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in whichthe figure is a representation of a perspective View.

Referring by letter to the said drawing, A indicates the main frame,consisting, esscntially, of the lateral longitudinal beams a. a and thefront and rear upright frames, B B. In the illustration these uprightframes B are composed of four vertical posts, b, which are connectedtogether at their lower ends and braced by bars C, the lateral ones ofwhich are provided with transverse recesses d, tov

receive and engage the axles or bolstcrs, as shown, whereby the same mayserve in connecting the front and rear wheels. The longitudinal beams aare rigidly secured to the upright frames B by connecting with thevertical posts thereof. The forward ends of these longitudinal beams care securely braced from their upper ends with the lower portion of thefront upright frame, B, by means of crossbraces e and transverse upperand lower braces, f, while the opposite portions of the said beams aredetachably braced by means of the cross-rods D. These rods are connectedwith the rails a by means of eyebolts g, and their hook ends engage eyesh, secured to the lower portion of the rear upright frame, B. The objectof this construction is to adapt the frame so as to afford noobstruction to the tobacco in loading it. It will be seen that bydisconnecting the hook ends of the brace-rods when the tobacco is cutand placed upon the usual supportingstick the sticks may be loaded onthe frame from between the front and rear wheels and slid down to thestop-pins E at the rear ends of the beams a, in which direction the saidbeams may have a slight inclination, as shown. Thus it will be perceivedthat the entire frame may be opened, so as to afford no obstruction inloading, and as the beams a are slightly inclined in the direction ofthe stopepins the tobacco-sticks will not tend to move forward on theframe during transportation. Another important advantage of thisconstruction is to facilitate turning, as by dispensing with the reachusually employed a very narrow or short turn may be made, as the frontwheels I nay pass entirely beneath the longitudinal rails of the frame.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The frame forremoving tobacco, consist ing of the longitudinal lateral rails, thefront and rear upright frames supporting the said rails, and thedetachable brace-rods connecting the rear portions of the saidlongitudinal rails with the lower portion of the supporting uprightframe,substantially as specified.

2. The combination of the front and rear vertical frames, B B, adaptedto engage the front and rear axles, the longitudinal rails c a, havingan inclination or taper on their upper sides, as shown, and the stops E,substantially as and for the purposes specified.

LEWIS N. CASH.

Witnesses:

B. A. JAMns, J. W. CLARK.

